Railway chair



Aug. 19, 1930. H, RUE-TER 1,773,468

RA ILWAY CHAIR Filed sept. 5, 1929 l gv JNVENTR. 7% /5 Hermann faezer.

BY @f7 ATTO NEU yPatented Aug. 19,1930

l UNITE-n srATiss HERMANN -Runfrnaor' NIAGARA FALLS,

vonk, Assisivolt. on ONE-HALF To DRAGU'TIN HERL, on NIAGARA Qr'Aints,lNEWiYonK RAILWAY errArrtl Application mea septemberY 5.19291 serial- Nu.290,537'.v

lith the above and other objects in 'View' thatv will become vapparentas the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consistsin the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermorefullyV described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed. g

In the drawing Y Figure l is a fragmentary top plan View showing themeeting ends of rails seated in theimproved railway chair that ismounted at its ends upon cross ties;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the rail ends inposition in the railway chair7 showing the rail ends anchored in y thechair without the provision of knails or spikes;

Figure 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view showing the'meeting rail ends 1 seated in the railway chair and locked in by yspringends carried by the railway chair and.

engaged with the rail ends;

Figure 4 .is a top plan view of the railway chair'seated lupon ties; andf Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view` of the seating endsofthe rails showing 40 the keeper sockets in the portions thereof forthe spring catches on the railway chair.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the referencenumeral l designates crossfties upon which the railway chairs` areseated to receive meeting rail ends, the railway chair comprising endportions 2 mounted upon the ties 1 and connected by an intermediateportionl 3 of increased thickness and depending below the upper sides ofthe cross ties for strengthening the 'chair7 the endportions.Qbeingfanchoredto Vthe crossKY ties by spikes 4. The chairincludes a bottom wallfor thefsup-port of the vmeeting ends of Itherails and `has side` walls?r andS having .the usual curvature, anglesand bends 'for in- A.timate.contactwith-the base flanges and webs oftherail ends asillustrated.` The side wall 'Zof vthe chair at the centralportion 3 extends upwardly into: contact with the adj acent" sides'.of-t'he rail tre-ads, while the vend. portions kthereofare of lesserheight as indicated aty 9. xrlhe oppositeside' wall A8 ofthe railwaychair has thecentralportion thereof extends ed upwardly into engagementwith the treads i Y,of the `meeting rail ends, whilezthe outer ends of.the side vwallz `taper downwardly with the lower sides thereof cut awayfromV the end'p-ortions 2 ofthe chair tolprnvide' springv arms 1.0 shownmore .clearly i in Figure Q. Each spring arm '10 carri-ies upon itsinner sideyat 'theoutei" end,.ail atch lug `11 and. lock4 shoulder '12disposed inwardly of the end :of-'the spring. arm l() with a cam orinclined ?:facejl `extending to the fend ofthe spring The adjacentsideof Athe web fof each rail v` :endv 'isiprovided witha locking socketto re- 4ieeirvethelatchglug llpandiis'iformed by ataperingb'ottolnawallldlending at a tra-nsvese abutment vshoulder l5"adj acentthe rear The railway chair' isfirst mounted upon the acrossties" v1 andanchored thereto by the bolts or spikes 4t. f The railends y6y are then slid into' .1 theop'e'fn. opposite ends of' the chairwith the keepersockets 14 in thelwebs of the rails fac- .'ingthesidewallv 8f of the cl-liair. `The ends of therraills first engage the latchlugs 11 and movethem outwardly against inherent spring tension thereofto cause them to ride over the adjacent 7face of the rail web until thekeeper sockets register withft'he latch lug andat which time thev.latter will spring into the keeper sockets for anchoring the rail endin position. The keeper sockets and latch lugs may be so located withrespect'to the rail ends as to permit limited expansion and contractionlof the rrail ends while securely retainingethe rail ends anchored inthechair.

To remove the rail ends for purposes of repair` or replacement, a toolor the like is engaged with the outer end of the latch lug 11 as will beevident from an inspection of Figure 3 to move the arms lOoutwardly fordisplacing the latch lug from the keeper socket 14 and at which time therail may be longitudinally shifted and disengaged from the chair.

From the above detailed description of the invention, it is believedthat the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent,and while there isl herein shown and described the preferred embodiment'of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changesmay be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

I claim 1. In a device of the character described, a railway chair,meeting rail ends seated therein and an interlocking connection betweenthe chair and rail ends, including spring arms formed integral with theends of the chair f' and having end latch lugs and cooperating lockingsockets in the rail ends.

. 2. In a device of the character described a 2.0 railway chair, meetingrail ends seated there- 1 in and an interlocking connection between thechair and rail ends, including spring arms formed integral with thechair and having end latch lugs and each rail end having a lockingsocket therein to receive the adjacent latch lug. v

3. In a device of the character described, a railway chair, meeting railends seated therein and an interlocking connection between the chairAandA rail'ends, the chair including side walls engaging the rail ends, alongitudinally extending spring arm on each end of aside wall, each arm`havingan end latch lug, and the rail ends having locking socketstoreceive the latch lugs. A

4. In a device of the character described, a t railway chair, meetingrail ends seated therein and an interlocking connectionV between thechair and rail ends, the chair includin side walls engaging the railends, a pair o outwardly directed spring armsY formed on one of the sidewalls, a latch lug on the free endof each spring arm, and the railV endsY having locking sockets to receive the latch lugs. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signatures HERMANN RUETER.

